Tessmann's Flycatcher (Muscicapa tessmanni)
About the Tessmann's Flycatcher
Tessmann's flycatcher (Fraseria tessmanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is sparsely distributed across the African tropical rainforest from Sierra Leone to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Tessmann's flycatcher was formally described in 1907 by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow under given the binomial name Psalidoprocne tessmanni. The specific epithet was chosen to honour the German anthropologist and collector Günter Tessmann (1889–1971). Tessmann's flycatcher is now one of eight species placed in the genus Fraseria that was introduced in 1854 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 9 recordings for this species: 5 CC BY-NC-SA · 4 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Dusky-blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitatarecording
- Mediterranean FlycatcherMuscicapa tyrrhenicarecording
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.